An ethnic Papuan receives communion during Mass led ... Papua, home to 6 million people, in 1962, officially annexing it in 1969 after a sham referendum endorsed by the United Nations.

A study by an Indonesian NGO challenges government claims that oil palm cultivation is a driver of economic welfare and ...

The primary mission of these battalions is to maintain security and support the government’s development efforts in the ...

The Secondary Education Affirmation (ADEM) and Higher Education Affirmation (ADik) programs have supported equitable ...

Mehrtens became the victim of the conflict and the stubborn behavior of the government, which has maintained a security ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was held for 19 months, drawing international attention to violent insurgency in Indonesia ...

Jakarta and Wellington on Monday denied claims by a Papuan rebel spokesman that Indonesian authorities had paid a guerrilla ...

JAKARTA: Jakarta and Wellington denied on Monday (Sep 23) a claim by rebels in Indonesia's restive region of Papua that a New ...

Usman Hamid, executive director of Amnesty International Indonesia, also said Mehrten’s release should serve as a reminder that the ongoing conflict in Indonesia’s easternmost region continued to have ...

On behalf of the ULMWP, I wholeheartedly welcome the release of Phillip Mehrtens after one and a half years in captivity. The ...